English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Battlehills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Little Brickhill

Historical Forms

  • Battels Eliz ChancP

Etymology

This is probably a manorial name derived from the family of Bataille ; cf. Battleshield (PN Nb), but in this case we have no knowledge of such a family holding land in Brickhill.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement